El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, much of it gang related. In many cases, the only way of identifying murder victims is by clothes they were buried in.

Date found: 25 October 2012
Time: not available
Location: outskirts of the city of Sonsonate, west of San Salvador, El Salvador
Gender: male
Age: between 16 and 18 years old
Time of disappearance: about one year and two months previously

El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, much of it gang related. In many cases, the only way of identifying murder victims is by clothes they were buried in.

Date found: 29 October 2012
Time: not available
Location: near a bridge in Soyapango province, El Salvador
Sex: male
Age: approximately 20 years old

El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, much of it gang related. In many cases, the only way of identifying murder victims is by clothes they were buried in.

Date found: 1 February 2013
Time: 15:00
Location: outskirts of the city of Apopa, San Salvador, El Salvador
Sex: not identified, possibly male
Age: not known
Time of disappearance: about one year previously

El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, much of it gang related. In many cases, the only way of identifying murder victims is by clothes they were buried in.

Date found: 1 February 2013
Time 15:45
Location: a sugar plantation in Apopa, San Salvador
Sex: female
Age: between 17 and 18 years old
Time of disappearance: not known

El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, much of it gang related. In many cases, the only way of identifying murder victims is by clothes they were buried in.

Date found: 8 May 2013
Time 16:00
Location: outskirts of the village of Lourdes, Colón, La Libertad, El Salvador
Sex: male
Age: between 19 and 24 years old

El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, much of it gang related. In many cases, the only way of identifying murder victims is by clothes they were buried in.

Date found: 11 November 2012
Time: not available
Location: a corn field in Tonacatepeque, San Salvador, El Salvador
Gender: female
Age: not known
Time of disappearance: not available

El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, much of it gang related. In many cases, the only way of identifying murder victims is by clothes they were buried in.

Date found: 6 October 2012
Time: not available
Location: the village of Lourdes, Colón, La Libertad, El Salvador
Gender: male
Age: not known
Time of disappearance: not available

El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, much of it gang related. In many cases, the only way of identifying murder victims is by clothes they were buried in.

Date found: 25 April 2013
Time: not available
Location: San Pedro Masahuat, La Paz, El Salvador
Gender: female
Age: not known
Time of disappearance: not available

El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, much of it gang related. In many cases, the only way of identifying murder victims is by clothes they were buried in.

Date Found: 1 February 2013
Time: 15:00
Location: outskirts of Apopa, San Salvador
Gender: male
Age: between 15 and 17 years old
Time of disappearance: approximately one year previously

El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, much of it gang related. In many cases, the only way of identifying murder victims is by clothes they were buried in.

Date Found: 11 January 2013
Time: not available
Location: main road, Panchimalco, San Salvador, El Salvador
Gender: male
Age: between 18 and 22 years old
Time of disappearance: not known

El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, much of it gang related. In many cases, the only way of identifying murder victims is by clothes they were buried in.

Date found: 6 December 2012
Time: not available
Location: Juan Opico, La Libertad
Gender: female
Age: not known
Time of disappearance: not known

El Salvador has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, much of it gang related. In many cases, the only way of identifying murder victims is by clothes they were buried in.

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